Posted by Ilene on January 24, 2003, at 23:33:29
In reply to Re: Fish oil in ... fish, posted by Larry Hoover on January 24, 2003, at 22:44:34
> > Problem is--when I checked the lipid content of these fish I found a 100 gram (about 3.5 oz) serving had hardly any EPA (20:5 n-3) or DHA (22:6 n-3). I don't see how anyone could get more than a couple of grams, short of 3 squares a day of mackerel with a cod-liver oil chaser.
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> > What's the deal here? Am I eating the wrong fish? Am I looking at the wrong lipids? Is the data wrong? I'm using the USDA Nutrient Database (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl).
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> No, you're eating the right fish. My data shows that herring, sardines, and salmon each have over a gram of omega-3 per 100 grams of fish. One small can of salmon has two such servings.
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....> Lar
Yes, when you add the EPA & DHA together you can get over a gram for some fish. It is still not an impressive amount, esp. when I read about the Inuit diet supposedly having something like 15 grams/day of omega-3s. Do you think they eat (or ate) the equivalent of 7 or 8 cans of salmon every day?
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